It’s been a great year for Universal, with two of their movies passing the $1 billion mark (Jurassic World and Furious 7) and their animated outing Minions set to pass the billion dollar mark in the next couple of weeks. And one of those billion dollar movies is still making a lot of bank. Now in its […]
Universal Pictures hits $5 billion in record time as Jurassic World passes $600 million domestic and Minions reaches half a billion worldwide
It’s fair to say that Universal Pictures are having an even bigger year at the box-office than even they could have anticipated, with the studio setting a new record this weekend for the quickest amount of time a studio has reached $5 billion at the worldwide box-office. 20th Century Fox were the original record holders […]
2015 At The Global Box Office
This week in The Callow Way, Neil Calloway looks at the box office so far in 2015… Number one at the global box office so far this year is Furious 7, which has made $1.5 billion dollars so far, the vast majority of it outside the US, and also become the highest grossing film in […]
Fast & Furious 7 climbs to fourth in the all time box office chart
Despite losing its hold over the top of the box office charts in the wake of Avengers: Age of Ultron’s release, Universal’s blockbuster action sequel Fast & Furious 7 has continued its hugely-impressive run by overtaking Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 to become the fourth biggest film of all time. The […]
Fast & Furious 7 overtakes Frozen to become fifth biggest film of all time
Despite losing top spot in many international markets this weekend to Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, Universal’s Fast & Furious 7 has reached another box office milestone, having overtaken Iron Man 3 ($1.215 billion) and Frozen ($1.274 billion) to become the fifth biggest film of all time. SEE ALSO: Furious 7: Turn Off Your Brain […]
Across the Pondcast – Furious 7: Turn Off Your Brain
The Across the Podcast looks at Furious 7… On this week’s edition of the Across The Pondcast, Anghus and Rohan look at Furious 7/Fast & Furious 7 (now the fastest movie to reach $1 billion) and the idea of ‘turning off your brain’ in order to enjoy a movie. How does this summer compare to the […]
Fast & Furious 7 becomes seventh biggest movie of all time
On Friday, Universal Pictures’ Fast & Furous 7 became the fastest movie to gross $1 billion at the global box office, reaching the milestone in just 17 days, and now the latest instalment in the action franchise has climbed to seventh in the list of the highest-grossing releases of all-time. Having pushed its total to […]
Fast & Furious 7 becomes fastest movie to hit $1 billion at the global box office
Universal Pictures is celebrating this weekend with the news that the James Wan-directed action sequel Fast & Furious 7 has become the first film of 2015 to reach the $1 billion milestone at the global box office. It also has the distinction of being the fastest movie to reach that figure, doing so in just […]
Fast & Furious 7 speeds its way past $500 million at the global box office
Despite having only opened last weekend, it seems the world just cannot get enough of Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in Fast & Furious 7, as the film continues to break box-office records across the globe. In less than a week, Furious 7 has now speeded past $500 million mark at the worldwide box office […]
Fast & Furious 7 enjoys the second biggest opening of the year at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 3rd April to Sunday 5th April 2015… Fast & Furious 7 raced into cinemas this past weekend, with the film pulling in a franchise-high opening of £12,765,033, which is over £4 million more than its predecessor Fast & Furous 6’s £8.72 million debut […]